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Archive for July 2011

Monday, July 25, 2011 Health At Every Size show on Radio Free Nashville

This episode featured Dr. Elam (aka PegE) & Pat (aka the Queen) further discussing the Journal of the American Medical Association commentary suggesting state intervention for very fat children, as well as a Columbus Dispatch report by Amy Saunders on the increase in "alarmingly thin" children & child hospitalizations for eating disorders in the wake of heightened cultural focus on weight. (Per the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality as cited in the Dispatch article, from 1999 to 2006 eating disorders hospitalizations for children younger than 12 increased by 119 percent.)

This show featured a precorded conversation in which Pearlsong Press publisher (and Health At Every Size show host) Peggy Elam, Ph.D.& several authors talked with feminist literary historian Susan Koppelman about making history through size diversity & fat activism in literature.

Pearlsong Conversations are monthly teleconference calls featuring Peggy Elam chatting with various Pearlsong authors (often including Health At Every Size show co-host Pat Ballard) about their works and books and writing. The public is welcome to participate in the live calls and join the conversation. For more information about the calls and how to participate, click here. There is no charge to participate, other than any long-distance tolls that might apply.